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teeskennellä juovansa — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • sandbag noun A sturdy bag filled with sand, used to build barriers against flooding or as protection from bullets and debris.

Senses

teeskennellä juovansa is used for these senses in English:

  • sandbag To pretend to drink alcohol early on so that, as the night draws on, one can drink everybody else "under the table".

sandbag — full definition

  1. noun A sturdy bag filled with sand, used to build barriers against flooding or as protection from bullets and debris.
  2. verb To deliberately understate one's strength, ability, or intentions in order to gain an advantage.
  3. verb To build a barrier of sandbags around something.

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